diff --git a/lzop.spec b/lzop.spec
index 63ed41a..b1af37a 100644
--- a/lzop.spec
+++ b/lzop.spec
@@ -9,7 +9,6 @@ Source:		http://www.lzop.org/download/%{name}-%{version}.tar.gz
 Patch0:		lzop-1.03-gcc5_ppc64.patch
 Patch1:		lzop-1.03-gcc6.patch
 BuildRequires:	lzo-devel
-BuildRoot:	%{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-%{release}-root-%(%{__id_u} -n)
 
 %description
 lzop is a compression utility which is designed to be a companion to gzip.